New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — YORK, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc. in YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc. Report ID 2017099144
Address Intersection Route 30 and SR 616 City, State ZIP YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17404
Event Date September 23, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Road grading and surfacing machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 237310 Inspection # 1266451
GPS Coordinates 42.08000, -79.25000

Incident Narrative

An employee was preparing to clean a clogged spray bar on a distributor truck (tack truck). When the employee removed the protective screen that covers the bolts securing the cover, hot oil sprayed onto the employee's right hand and arm causing second degree burns.

Incident Summary

On September 23, 2017, a worker at New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc. in YORK, PENNSYLVANIA suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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